Just in case you take a bad fall this winter… I think you ought to know what your rights are. I reviewed some of the cases in Washington State, and this is what I came up with:
Since 1975, landowners have been required to "exercise reasonable care [toward invitees] to prevent the occurrence of defective or dangerous conditions" regardless of whether the dangerous condition was a "natural" accumulation. (See Washington case Geise v. Lee, 84 Wn.2d 866, 529 (1975)).
When the at-fault party is uninsured, you have the option to file a civil lawsuit against their personal assets or file a claim with the crime victims compensation fund.
The American Association for Justice, a national trial lawyer association, released its list of the ten worst insurance companies earlier this year. The top ten is as follows: 1.Allstate 2.Unum 3.AIG 4.State Farm 5.Conseco 6.WellPoint 7.Farmers 8.United Health 9.Torchmark 10.Liberty Read more…
If you were injured in the U.S., you may make a claim in the U.S. regardless of legal status.
John Gerrity has disclosed that he has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the city of Menlo Park and the city has agreed to pay him a $2.4 million settlement. Gerrity’s wife, Deborah Johnson, was critically injured in a bicycle accident in Read more…